Mask
MOA: University of British Columbia
3326/16
Mask carved of wood. The face is angular, with the ridge down the centre of the face. One side has broken off leaving the mask off-centre. Strong shelf-like brow ridge, rectangular cutout eyes, long narrow nose, wide open mouth and strong rounded chin extending from a broad neck. Seven holes are spaced around the mask: four down the side, two across the top, and one under the nose. Mounting hardware on back - two eye hooks and a wire.
- Type of Item mask
- Culture Bamana
- Material wood
- Measurements height 37.0 cm, width 18.8 cm, depth 12.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Jack Lieber, Iris Lieber
- Received from Iris Lieber
- Made in Mali
- Ownership Date before 2015, before June 18, 2018
- Acquisition Date on June 18, 2018
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 3326/0016